Thursday, 21st December 2017


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53 Highlights Of The Year Imokilly Hurling On Crest Of A Wave While


Imokilly Football Remains In The Doldrums Imokilly 3-13 Blackrock 0-18


Pride of place must go Imokilly has enjoyed


a tremendous year on the playing fields, capturing the Senior, Intermediate, Junior A, Junior B and U21 Premier hurling titles, along with the senior hurl- ing league title


to crown


what has been a wonder- ful year for the division on the playing fields. Cobh of course kept the big ball in the air capturing the junior B title after a splendid win over Cill Na Martra in the final.


to Fergal Condon and the Imokilly senior side, who have put in three years of solid effort and that has been rewarded by winning the county championship against


surprise


certainly a tall order given that the championship for- mat has changed again for the coming season. The campaign in May


packet


Blackrock. With six clubs in the Premier Intermedi- ate, six in the Intermediate grade and several strong junior clubs, the aim will be to retain the title in 2018,


with a big 2-26 to 0-12 win over Bishopstown, while in round 2, Imokilly got the better of UCC in June. It was September before the campaign resumed and with East Cork clubs doing well in all grades, the players were ready for


Junior B Title For Sarsfield’s


Sarsfields 0-12 Kilavullen 2-6


Here again it took a re-


play to decide the outcome, but at the second time of asking Sarsfields proved


far too strong for Kilavul- len with the Riverstown side having ten points to spare at the finish. Victory


(Replay) Sarsfields 1-19 Kilavullen 1-9


The


in East Cork was achieved with a 2-23 to 1-14 win over


Castlelyons, while Valley Rovers 1-28 to 1-8


and Newmarket 2-24 to 0-8 were dispatched on the way to the final, making it a great year for East Cork.


an almighty battle with


Erin’s Own which ended all square with Imokilly hitting 2-19 to 3-16 for the men from Caherlag. In the replay Imokilly posted 1-22 and that just proved to be enough to get past Erin’s Own who scored 4-12 on the night. Next up were Sarsfields


in the semi-final who had lowered the Imokilly col- ours the previous year and


after another epic battle it again finished all square with Imokilly hitting 1-24 to 2-21 for Sarsfields, resulting in another replay. On this occasion Imokil- ly came out on top, win- ning by 4-17 to 4-10 after a thrilling contest. Imokilly were


warm


favourites in most people’s minds for the title, but a Blackrock side that eased their way almost unnoticed


were to prove a difficult opponent on a day that the occasion seemed to get the better of some players. Thankfully others upped their game and the “Sean Óg Murphy” Cup was to return to the Barony with Imokilly triumphant on a 3-13 to 0-18 Scoreline with Seamie Harnedy proudly accepting the Cup from Ger Lane in his final year as Chairman.


U21 Hurling Title For Sarsfields


Sarsfields 0-20 Killeagh Ita’s 1-9


destination of


the Premier U21 hurl- ing title was also going to East Cork in a repeat of the Minor decider in


2014 where Sarsfields prevailed after a replay. On this occasion the Riv- erstown outfit had a bit more to spare, making it


a great end to a season that


makes the future very


bright for a club that will field in Senior, Interme- diate and Junior “A” next season and be very com- petitive in all grades.


Top Post For Tracey Kennedy Following in the foot-


steps of some great East Cork Administrators, Killeagh’s Tracey Ken- nedy made it a wonder- ful year for the division as she took the reins at the top table, succeeding fellow East Cork man Ger Lane from Bride Rovers. Tracey becomes only the second lady Cathoirleach in Ireland and after serving on the executive


for the past Kanturk Claim Intermediate Crown After some tremen-


dous displays in the Pre- mier Intermediate Grade the East Cork clubs just


missed out on success with Castlelyons, Water- grasshill, Fr O’Neill’s and Cloyne turning in some


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tremendous displays and next year, with Youghal down from senior and Aghada stepping up,


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East Cork will again have a huge say in this compe- tition.


six years, three as PRO and three as Vice Chair- man, she has seen how the GAA in Cork works so well. As the biggest county in Ireland, Cork is a leading example of how both club and county are well served, and that will be even


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more important in the future. Tracey will I m sure bring her own style to the top table and as


she takes the reins for the next three year’s we wish her every success in the position.


U21, Junior and Senior League


saw them achieve success, which


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